INTRODUCTIONIt has been my experience as a Specialist grower of Hibiscus
that the most common dilemma the gardener is confronted with, is the
accurate identification & the tell tale signs to look for when their
Hibiscus plants have been under attack by pests & diseases, rather than just
the control methods.

This Web Page has been created in
effort to assist in the identification of those pests & diseases that
effect Hibiscus.The list is not
conclusive & invitations to additions are most welcome and will be
included as requested.

Much attention has been spent on
using graphical images, close-up photography, life cycles, tell tale signs,
specific habits of each pest & the damage inflicted upon the
plant.Scientific name usage has been
deliberately kept to a minimum in an effort to concentrate on the visual
identification at the home gardener level.

The mission of this Web Page project
has been reached once the gardener is satisfied with the identification of
the pest and or diseases that has affected their Hibiscus plant.Then it's not so difficult to seek out an appropriate
warrantable prevention & or control method to use.

HOW TO USE THE INDEXThere are two very common forms of eating methods
used by insect pests, they are Chewing, Sucking & a not so common
Rasping.It is important to understand
which pest does what for ease of identification & the consequent
control.Slugs, Snails, Mites, &
Nematodes etc.attack plant tissue differently
& will be listed under, "Other" Heading along with rasping Thrip.

Fungi, Virus, Bacteria & Lichen
are listed under "Fungi" Heading.

Plant Disorders, although not a pest
& / or disease in the strict sense have been listed last.It has been decided to place them in that order for
greater ease for searching.

GREEN HEADER BUTTONShave been used to categorize these
lists.By clicking on one of these buttons
of your choice, you will be taken directly to the start of that page list
to speed up the enquiry.Alternatively, if
you are familiar with your identification search & want to see more detail,
you may click directly on one of the alphabetically listed titles & this
will take you to that specific target.It
is anticipated that as time goes by & new data becomes available, these
pages will be updated & no doubt, with your help, will
expand.

Chemical control measures for Pests
& Diseases have not been included in this project to date. For reasons of
varied regulations in different countries & regions of chemical legal
applictions & usage.If you wish that
I include Chemical control within this project in the future, please indicate
your opinions & I will contemplate the insertions.